New Dialysis Machines Treat
Patients With Liver Disease

DIALYSIS HAS HELPED patients with kidney disease for years. Now, researchers are developing similar treatments to buy more time for patients with liver disease.

An estimated 10 million people suffer from serious liver problems caused by hepatitis, alcohol-induced cirrhosis and drug overdose. According to the American Liver Foundation, 17,151 patients were awaiting liver transplants as of February, a number that is expected to triple in the next decade as the current crop of Hepatitis C patients begin experiencing liver failure....